Self Employed

• Helping small business set ups and providing both Financial and Tax Advise to ensure compliance
• Part time work as a Financial and Tax Analysts as well as Business Development advisory services for Link Media, Ovema Business Solutions, MH Blue Events and Yaman General Dealers.
• Provide logistical support to drivers and field workers attached to clients who have subcontracted my services;
• Helping small business writing business plans for them to secure small loans from financial service providers.
• Provide financial and debt management advice to traders and small scale farmers.
• Raring of livestock such as cattle, goats and chickens and supplying of farm produce to some restaurants.

COLLECTOR – Head of Enforcement - Livingstone Port Office


Compliance Management
• Supervising the planning and execution of enforcement activities and allocate the tasks to subordinates;
• Recommending for censure of smuggled goods and ensuring that ceased goods are reported for possible forfeiture to the state.
• Ensuring that all goods reported to various customs yards are well accounted for and cleared in accordance with the provisions of the Customs and Excise Act.
• Coordinating and collaborating on enforcement activities amongst the three entry ports namely Victoria Falls, Kazungula and Katima Mulilo
• Responding to audit queries for station operations from internal and external auditors.
• Ensuring control of imports and exports of prohibited and restricted goods in accordance with the provisions of the law CAP 322 Customs and Excise ACT.
• Ensuring than my subordinates adhere to taxpayer charter;
• Directing local market intelligence so as to ensure that no smuggled goods find themselves on the local market.

Revenue Collection
• Compiling station revenue expectations and find strategies on how to convert these expectations into revenue for the government
• Accounting for revenue receipts, reconciliation, banking and deposit account management.
• Compiling debt lists on unpaid transactions from ASYCUDA world for the station and ensuring that the agents / importers are made to pay failure to which legal action is evoked.
• Supervising customs officers in conducting physical inspections for valuation and classification purposes.
• Supervision of officers manning clients service desk and complaints handling


Information Analysis

• Compiling revenue expectations for the station to ensure that the units plan for revenue mobilization.
• Providing trade statistics to Central Statistics Office on the volumes of trade i.e imports and exports.
• Preparing monthly performance and other relevant management reports;
• Managing and monitoring the Performance Management and Development Programs for the teams; Examiners, Customs Officers and Assistant Customs Officers.

COLLECTOR - Centralized Processing Centre (CPC) Lusaka-Sep 2014 to Jan 2017 and Southern Region-Feb 2017 to April 2019
• Risk profiling of importers/exporters and goods for the purpose of segmenting them into Red, Yellow, Green and Blue lanes;
• Assessment bills of entries declared on ASYCUDA world that have been examined in readiness for payment by the importer
• Ensuring that all importations and exports have correct documentation for them to be admitted for either importation or certified for exports
• Supervision of officers manning clients service desk and complaints handling
• Attending to appeals against valuation, classification and origin disputes
• Providing information that is used in making budgetary changes and statistics on volumes of trade.
• Giving information to stations connected to the CPC on most under valuation and misclassification for the station to implement corrective measures to safe guard revenue and prevent tax evasion.

Compliance Management

• Conducting audits on exporters and importers so as to ensure compliance with CAP 322 (The Customs and Excise Act) which makes it easier for bond providers such as Banks and Insurance companies to provide bonds to the importers or exporters
• Checks on eligibility for the goods presented for duty exemption so as to ensure that rebates are not abused.
• Planning and monitoring random compliance visits including enforcement activities to ensure tax compliance.
• Advising on rules of origin as per trade agreements such SADC agreements, COMESA, AGOA etc so as to help traders know what is required of them and the benefits that come with such trade agreements and recommending certification for local exporters.
• Verifying import and export documentation to ensure that the correct taxes are collected in accordance with the three rules of customs which are Valuation, Classification and Origin.
• Supervise inspections of bonded warehouses with respect to set standards and customs procedures to ensure that tax payers don’t abuse the provisions of the law that helps them enjoy warehousing facilities.
• Verifying excise duty returns and ensuring that the correct excise duty is paid in compliance with the provisions of the Customs and Excise Act.
• Examining entries for purposes of ensuring correct revenue collection.

Information Analysis

• Auditing of Companies in order gain assurance that the taxpayer’s internal controls are adequate and effective in complying with the law as regards valuation and payment of taxes in accordance with the Customs and Excise Act.
• Recommend certain compliant importers for preferential treatment so that their goods are not subject to checks therefore reducing there clearance time
• Writing reports to both the client and the authority outlining findings and recommendations.

• Account Opening and Customer vetting in account opening
• Verifying the accuracy and authenticity of intra-bank and interbank payments i.e. DDACC and RTGS
• Carrying out investigations on status and condition of customer accounts
• Reconciling the clearing and suspense account on a daily basis
• Coordinating the movement of mandates from service providers to the respective banks
• Complaints handling and resolution of disputes